Swallowing the Stars: The Birth of a Cosmic God King

The decisive battle in the Nine Star Zone.

Yan Ning stood on the dueling platform, facing a skeleton warrior whose entire body was covered in pale white bone armor.

Bone spurs.

Nine-star contestant, ranked seventy-sixth.

It belongs to the lowest tier in the Nine Stars level.

However, the words "Nine Stars" are proof of strength in themselves, and there are no weaklings who can step into the threshold of Nine Stars.

Bone spurs are slender in shape, yet they give people an eerie sense of oppression.

Simple flesh and blood covered the skeleton.

It was covered with shards of bone, gleaming with a cold, eerie light, and engraved with countless lines of soul energy.

It is said that...

His skeleton belonged to a peak ninth-tier Eternal Star beast in life. After being refined and integrated into himself, its defensive power was comparable to a third-tier Eternal Star beast!

"You're the one with the ninth-tier bloodline?"

The bone spur made a shrill sound, "Four hundred consecutive wins, ranked seventy-eighth, you dare challenge me?"

The countdown has reached zero.

The bone spur moved.

It was extremely fast, disappearing from the spot almost instantly.

The Skeleton Race's innate talent is agility, and with the added boost from that eternal star-level skeleton, his movement speed is among the top in the ninth-tier planetary level.

A pale white afterimage flashed across the dueling platform.

The bone spikes had already reached Yan Ning's side, and the bone claws were tearing towards his throat!

Yan Ning did not back down.

The curved blade disc flew out.

360 blades instantly unfolded, transforming into a silver vortex that enveloped the bone spurs.

The blades flowed like a cascading river, cutting into the bone armor with a piercing screeching sound.

The bone spur's body was suppressed by the flow of blades.

The speed dropped sharply.

They had no choice but to activate the bone armor defense at full power.

"Hmph!" Bone Spike snorted coldly.

The soul patterns on the bone armor lit up, forcefully withstanding the blade's cutting.

A hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.

"Four hundred consecutive wins, and you can't even touch the threshold of nine stars? You dare waste my time?"

He exerted his strength suddenly, his bone claws tearing through the flow of blades, and his body shot up.

"Human, you deserve to die!"

So you fell for it?

Nine stars...is this all there is to it?

Yan Ning was somewhat disappointed. How did this person get rated nine stars?

Yan Ning's plan was simple.

After the bone spikes are suppressed by the sword style, they will inevitably choose to launch a frontal attack.

A direct, forceful attack meant abandoning his speed advantage and entering the rhythm that Yan Ning preferred.

Yan Ning removed the arc blade disc, and the 360 ​​blades instantly retracted into his waist.

He bent over in a lunge position, slowly retracting his right fist to his side, like a bow being slowly drawn open.

Bone Spur was furious when he saw this.

How dare a human with a ninth-class bloodline compete in physical strength with the Skeleton Clan?

ridiculous!

Utterly ridiculous!

His skeleton was once at the peak of the ninth level of the Hengxing realm!

Although it is currently only at the ninth level of the planetary realm.

However, the strength, density, and toughness of its bones are far beyond those of ordinary planetary-level bones.

The fragile human body is nothing but candy in his presence!

"court death!"

A dark light condensed on the bone claws of the bone spikes. The innate secret technique, Bone Devour, would corrode and dissolve the bones of those struck, making their lives worse than death.

He lunged at Yan Ning, his bone claws aimed straight for his heart.

Yan Ning threw a punch at that moment.

Not fast punches or heavy punches.

It doesn't even qualify as "boxing".

It was just a simple punch delivered in a straight line from the side!

But this punch carried an indescribable quality, a return to simplicity, a profound truth.

The force of the punch pierced through space.

Before the bone spikes could even touch Yan Ning's clothes, the force of the punch had already slammed into his face.

then.

Bone Spur's consciousness was completely blank.

The bone armor shattered.

The skeletons scattered!

The soul patterns vanished instantly!

Bone Spike's body was struck as if by a giant mountain, flying backward and crashing onto the edge of the dueling platform, turning into countless points of light.

one strike.

One punch.

Sold out instantly!

It's still the most satisfying thing to do when it hits you right in the flesh!

The physical endowments of the Yan God Clan are indeed extraordinary!

......

The system notification sound echoed in the lobby:

[Winner: Yan Ning]

Time taken: four seconds

......

A brief silence fell over the hall.

then.

Discussions erupted like a tidal wave.

"One punch? One punch killed the bone spur?"

"The bone spur is a nine-star item! Although it's ranked low, that eternal-star skeleton isn't fake!"

"Just what kind of monster is this Yan Ning?"

Some people pulled up the battle replay and watched it frame by frame in slow motion.

"Look at his fist. There are no secret techniques or energy fluctuations. It's just pure physical strength."

"A body with a ninth-tier bloodline can shatter the skeleton of a celestial being with a single punch?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He must be hiding his bloodline!"

"But the detection in the virtual universe won't be wrong... unless his bloodline level has been concealed by some means."

Amid the debate.

A calm voice broke in.

"Winning against a bone spur doesn't prove anything."

The nine-star rating for bone spurs was questionable to begin with, didn't you all forget? That rating was supposedly given by an observer because of some important figure.

"I've heard about it too."

Bone Spur's actual combat strength is at most at the peak of the eighth star. His ability to reach the ninth star is entirely due to his skeletal form intimidating others.

"Moreover, he is inherently prone to underestimating his opponents."

If he hadn't engaged Yan Ning in close combat from the start, and instead maintained distance to wage a war of attrition, he might not have lost.

"A loss is a loss."

Regardless, Yan Ning defeated the Nine Stars, that's a fact, but whether he can defeat the other Nine Stars remains to be seen.

Most people remain skeptical.

Bone spurs have a bad reputation.

In many people's eyes, winning against bone spurs is just "good luck" or "the opponent was too weak".

But Yan Ning didn't care.

All he wanted was to win.

After winning the first Nine Stars match, Yan Ning's ranking jumped from 78th to 72nd.

......

In the second match, I challenged a nine-star player ranked 71st, a Spirit Race mentalist who excels at ranged attrition.

The opponent learned from the bone spur's mistake and kept their distance from the beginning, using mental energy to bombard them from a distance.

Yan Ning directly used the third form of the Arc Blade Disc, Star Ring, with 360 blades forming a defensive circle, and approached step by step despite the opponent's attacks.

Close range.

Then one punch, and it's over!

......

The third match, ranked 68th, was played by a speed-type demon assassin.

The opponent is faster than bone spikes, but lacks attack power.

Yan Ning didn't even use his sword style; he simply stood still, waiting for his opponent to approach him.

The assassin's blade pierced his shoulder, only breaking the skin slightly. The physical body of the Flame God Clan is not something that can be penetrated by attacks of this level!

Then Yan Ning slapped him with his backhand, and the other person turned into specks of light.

The fourth match, ranked 65th.

The fifth match, ranked 63rd.

The sixth match, ranked 60th.

……

One match after another, all were annihilated in seconds.

Yan Ning discovered a fact.

These nine-star contestants at the ninth rank of planetary level are much stronger than eight-star contestants, but they are still far inferior to the perfect-level constant-star opponents simulated by the system in the killing arena.

Previously, it was the pressure brought about by a group beating.

Now that they're all fighting one-on-one, it's even harder to put pressure on Yan Ning.

"I can't even beat a simulated perfect-level, first-tier eternal star?"

Yan Ning muttered to himself, "No, it's possible to beat them, but it's very difficult. These nine-star contestants can't even get close to the first level of the Hengxing level."